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  • Fact Check: 'Cabal Leaders' Did NOT Go To Antarctica To Surrender To Extraterrestrials & Earth Alliance

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    Did "cabal leaders" go to Antarctica to surrender to extraterrestrials and the Earth Alliance? No, that's not true: The article provides no verifiable evidence to support its story that terms for surrender are being negotiated. The article also includes fake tweets allegedly foreshadowing the meeting from global financial leaders and high-tech payment experts. The claim appeared in an article (archived…

    • Dec 17, 2021
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 'Cabal Leaders' Did NOT Go To Antarctica To Surrender To Extraterrestrials & Earth Alliance Fake Tweets
  • Fact Check: Austrian Protests Against 'Health Dictatorship' Are NOT Accurately Represented With Captions And Photos In Online Posts

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    Does this collection of images and this caption accurately portray protests against Austrian COVID-19 mandates between November and December of 2021, in the capital of Vienna? No, that's not true: Online reverse image searches reveal that two out of the four images depicted in this post do not even correlate to protests against COVID-19 mandates. These images are miscaptioned and…

    • Dec 7, 2021
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Austrian Protests Against 'Health Dictatorship' Are NOT Accurately Represented With Captions And Photos In Online Posts Miscaptioned
  • Fact Check: Infamous January 6 Image Inside The Capitol Was NOT Faked And Staged In Front Of A Green Screen

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    Was a green screen used to produce one of the more memorable images of rioters inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 -- with actors posing in another location and superimposed onto still and video images of the riot? No, that's not true: An image circulating online is a photoshopped prank composed of two different images after-the-fact. The…

    • Nov 30, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Infamous January 6 Image Inside The Capitol Was NOT Faked And Staged In Front Of A Green Screen Photo Prank
  • Fact Check: Humanity Is NOT Being Held Hostage By New World Order Using COVID-19 Vaccines -- Video Is Long List of Disproven Claims

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    Is humanity being held hostage by a new world order pushing COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: The video in this Facebook post recycles previously debunked claims about COVID and plays into the rhetoric of an elaborate QAnon story of a cabal of blood-drinking elites working for global dominion. The claims appear in a post (archived here) on November 16,…

    • Nov 23, 2021
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Humanity Is NOT Being Held Hostage By New World Order Using COVID-19 Vaccines -- Video Is Long List of Disproven Claims Seen Before
  • Fact Check: The 'Emergency Broadcast System' Has NOT Been Activated

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    Has the "Emergency Broadcast System" been activated? No, that's not true: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confirmed to Lead Stories that the Emergency Alert System (EAS) has not been activated. If it had been, the protocol would be that the president of the United States would address the nation within 10 minutes of a national emergency. This has not…

    • Nov 23, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: The 'Emergency Broadcast System' Has NOT Been Activated Not Activated
  • Fact Check: Jacob Rothschild Is NOT Worth '$500 Trillion' And Does NOT Own 'Every Central Bank In The World'

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    Is Jacob Rothschild worth "$500 trillion" and does he own "every central bank in the world"? No, that's not true: A satirical meme posted about the wealthy Rothschild exaggerates his estimated $5 billion wealth and erroneously claims that he owns every central bank in the world. There is no evidence he has financed both sides of every war since Napoleon…

    • Nov 8, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Jacob Rothschild Is NOT Worth '$500 Trillion' And Does NOT Own 'Every Central Bank In The World' Bad Joke
  • Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Resign And Pelosi Was NOT Detained -- It's Clickbait Video Content

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    Did President Joe Biden resign and was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi detained? No, that's not true: The claims in this video and headline are not based in reality. This content is a mashup of material from various sources with a shocking headline intended to trick people into viewing the video. Lead Stories has previously noted this pattern of production in…

    • Oct 28, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Resign And Pelosi Was NOT Detained -- It's Clickbait Video Content Clickbait Vid
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That U.S. Army 'Delta Force' Raided An Adrenochrome Warehouse On October 18, 2021

    Fact Check

    Did the U.S. Army Delta Force raid a storage facility on October 18, 2021? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a raid occurred and the claim was published on a known fake news website. The claim appeared as an article (archived here) published by Real Raw News on October 21, 2021, titled "Delta Force Raids Adrenochrome…

    • Oct 22, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That U.S. Army 'Delta Force' Raided An Adrenochrome Warehouse On October 18, 2021 No Evidence
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Commands 50,000 Secret Troops And Deputized Them As U.S. Marshals

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    Were "50,000 secret USA troops" just deputized by Donald Trump? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that any service members have been deputized by former President Donald Trump and made "Federal Marshals." A parody Twitter account made the original claim and used non-related social media posts to make the false connection. Trump is no longer the commander in…

    • Oct 19, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Commands 50,000 Secret Troops And Deputized Them As U.S. Marshals QAnonsense
  • Fact Check: Zelenko 'Vaccine Death Report' Does NOT Show Credible Data -- It Rehashes Disproven COVID Vaccine Claims

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    Does a 52-page pdf entitled, "The Vaccine Death Report" show how dangerous and deadly COVID-19 vaccines are? No, that's not true: This document contains an international cast of claims that have already been debunked. The vaccine disinformation in this collection carries with it a secondary level of baseless conspiratorial beliefs underpinning most of the talking points that are summarized at…

    • Oct 1, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Zelenko 'Vaccine Death Report' Does NOT Show Credible Data -- It Rehashes Disproven COVID Vaccine Claims Disinfo Digest
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